2019 年高考英语抢分题型专练及答案(2)( 一) 当主语是单数可数名词、不可数名词、( 疑问词+)to do 结构、动词-ing 形式、主语从句、复合不定代词、表单位数量的时间、距离、金钱、重量、复数形式的学科名词(physics, politics) 、国家或组织名称(the United States, the United Nations) 等，谓语动词常用单数。
提示：what 引导的主语从句所指的具体内容是复数意义时，谓语动词一般用复数形式。
( 如：What we need are good doctors. 我们需要的是好医生。
)如果强调数目，谓语动词用复数。
如：More than twenty yearshave passed since we graduated. 我们毕业后已经过了二十多年。
【考例1】All the scientific evidence _____ that increasing use ofchemicals in farming _____ damaging our health. (2012 湖南)A. show; areB. shows; areC. show; isD. shows; is解析：D。
evidence 与use 在句中均为不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。
【考例2】Walmart, which is one of the largest Americansupermarket chains, _____ some of its stores open 24 hours onMondays through Saturdays. (2012 安徽)A. keepsB. keepC. have keptD. had kept解析：A。
Walmart 属于专有名词，谓语应用单数形式。
( 二) 在“名词/代词+介宾结构+谓语+⋯⋯”结构中，谓语动词与名词/代词保持一致，介宾结构看作修饰成分。
该结构中的常见介词及短语介词有with/together with/along with/as wellas/like/rather than/but/except/besides / including / inaddition to 等。
【考例】The famous musician, as well as his students, _____ toperform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Taipei FlowerExpo. (2013 福建)A. were invitedB. was invitedC. have been invitedD. has been invited解析：B。
主语为The famous musician ，as well as ⋯起修饰作用，根据2012 Taipei Flower Expo 可知，描述的是过去的事，所以用一般过去时。
( 三) “all/a lot/plenty/part/the rest/most / 分数/ 百分数+of+名词/代词”作主语时，谓语动词单复数形式一般取决于of 后的名词或代词的数。
表示复数概念用复数动词，表示单数概念用单数动词。
【考例1】The factory used 65 percent of the raw materials, therest of which _____ saved for other purposes. (2011 安徽)A. isB. areC. wasD. were解析：D。
which 指代前面的the raw materials ，为复数形式，所以谓语动词用复数。
本句描述过去的事情，所以应用一般过去时。
【考例2】One-third of the country _____ covered with trees andthe majority of the citizens _____ black people. (2011 湖南)A. is; areB. is; isC. are; areD. are; is解析：A。
the majority of+ 可数名词复数结构作主语时，谓语动词常用复数形式。
( 四)a number of/an average of/a total of 等+可数名词复数构成短语作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式; 而the number of/theaverage of/the total of 等+名词构成短语作主语时，谓语动词一般用单数形式;“a great(large)/small number of ，many，a few ，few, a good(great) many, dozens of, scores of+ 可数名词复数”结构作主语时，谓语动词应用复数。
a little ，little, much ，a great deal of ，a large amount of 一般只修饰不可数名词，其谓语动词用单数形式。
( 如：A great deal of petrol is wasted. )【考例1】The number of foreign students attending Chineseuniversities _____ rising steadily since 1990. (2009 山东)A. isB. areC. has beenD. have been解析：C。
本句的主语为The number of ⋯结构。
【考例2】Nowadays, a large number of women, especially those fromthe countryside, ____ in the clothing industry. (2005辽宁)A. is workingB. worksC. workD. worked解析：C。
句中a large number of ⋯作主语，意为“大量的⋯⋯”。
( 五) “one of+ 复数名词”作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。
但“one of+ 复数名词”结构后接定语从句时，从句中的谓语动词用复数形式; 而在“the only/ right/ very one of+ 名词+关系代词+从句谓语”结构中，从句谓语动词用单数。
【考例1】Barbara is easy to recognize as she ’s the only one ofthe women who ____ evening dress. (2010 全国Ⅱ)A. wearB. wearsC. has wornD. have worn解析：B。
从句先行词为the only one of the women ，从句谓语动词用单数。
【考例2】At present, one of the arguments in favor of the newairport ____ that it will bring a lot of jobs to the area.(2009 江西)A. isB. areC. will beD. was解析：A。
该句是one of...结构充当主语。
( 六) pairs of/amounts of/quantities of... 等构成短语作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式; a pair of( 表示一双，一条时)/an amount of / a series of 构成短语作主语时，谓语动词常用单数形式。
【考例1】—Why does the lake smell terrible?—Because large quantities of water _____. (2009 福建)A. have pollutedB. is being pollutedC. has been pollutedD. have been polluted解析：D。
该句是quantities of 构成的短语作主语，所以谓语动词用复数形式。
【考例2】As a result of destroying the forests, a large ____ ofdesert ____ covered the land. (2001 上海)A. number; hasB. quantity; hasC. number; haveD. quantity; have解析：B。
a number of 后通常接可数名词复数，该句desert 是不可数名词, a large quantity of 后面接可数名词复数或不可数名词;a quantity of 后面加的desert 为不可数名词，所以谓语动词用单数形式。
( 七) and 连接并列主语表示同一概念时，谓语动词用单数形式，表示不同概念时谓语动词常用复数形式。
【考例1】A poet and artist _____ coming to speak to us aboutChinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon. (2006 江苏)A. isB. areC. wasD. were解析：A。
句意：一位诗人兼艺术家明天下午要给我们做关于中国文学和绘画的报告。
该题由and 连接两个名词作主语，但第二个名词前没有冠词，所以指的是同一人，故谓语用单数形式。
注意：由and 连接的两个带冠词单数名词，表示复数概念时，谓语动词用复数形式。
如：The tenth and the last chapter were written by hisfather.【考例2】Professor James will give us a lecture on the Westernculture, but when and where _____ yet. (2007 浙江)A. hasn ’t been decidedB. haven ’t decidedC. isn ’t being decidedD. aren ’t decided解析：A。
when and where 指的是“做讲座的时间和地点”这个个概念，可用单数形式。
由yet 可知应用完成时态。
【注意】如表示不同的概念，则要用复数。
如：When they willstart and where they will go have not been decided yet.( 八) cattle/police/people/clothes/goods 以及复数可数名词作主语时，谓语动词通常用复数形式。